Game for betting on Blackjack with a side bet

Abstract

An example game for wagering on a card game includes providing cards and a gaming layout that includes a first wager area corresponding to a dealer pair wager, a second wager area corresponding a player pair wager, and a third wager area corresponding to a player/dealer pair wager. A player is the winner of a first wager if any of the following are met: a first wager is accepted on the first wager area and a first dealer card (dealt to the player) and a second dealer card (dealt to a dealer) have the same rank; the first wager is accepted on the second wager area and first and second player cards have the same rank; the first wager is accepted on the third wager area and one of the first and second player cards has the same rank as one of the first and second dealer cards.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A game for wagering on a card game, comprising the steps of:
 providing a set of cards, each card having an assigned numerical value from one to eleven, a suit, a color and a rank; 
 providing a gaming layout including a plurality of discrete wager areas, including a first wager area corresponding to a wager on a dealer pair, a second wager area corresponding a wager on a player pair, and a third wager area corresponding to a wager on a player/dealer pair, and a fourth wager area; 
 accepting a first wager and a second wager, the first wager being accepted on one of the first wager area, second wager area, and third wager area, and the second wager being accepted on the fourth wager area, wherein the first wager area, second wager area, third wager area, and fourth wager area are different from each other and correspond to different areas of the gaming layout; 
 dealing a first player card to a player and a first dealer card to a dealer from the set of cards; 
 dealing a second player card to the player and a second dealer card to the dealer, the second dealer card hidden from view from the player; 
 determining a winner of the first wager based on whether a pair having the same rank has been dealt, wherein the player is the winner of the first wager if any of the following criteria are met:
 the first wager is accepted on the first wager area and the first and second dealer cards have the same rank; 
 the first wager is accepted on the second wager area and first and second player cards have the same rank; 
 the first wager is accepted on the third wager area and one of the first and second player cards has the same rank as one of the first and second dealer cards; and 
 
 determining a winner of the second wager based on a comparison of a player combined numerical value of at least the first player card added to the second player card, the player combined numerical value not exceeding twenty-one, and a dealer combined numerical value of at least the first dealer card added to the second dealer card, the dealer combined numerical value not exceeding twenty-one. 
 
     
     
       2. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first wager is accepted on the third wager area and wherein the pair comprises the first dealer card and the first player card. 
     
     
       3. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first wager is accepted on the second wager area and wherein the pair comprises the first player card and the second player card. 
     
     
       4. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first wager is accepted on the second wager area and wherein the pair comprises the first dealer card and the second dealer card. 
     
     
       5. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the winner of the first wager is determined prior to the winner of the second wager. 
     
     
       6. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the winner of the first wager is determined after the winner of the second wager. 
     
     
       7. The game as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a payout is made for the first wager based on an odds of the pair occurring. 
     
     
       8. The game as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the payout is higher for the pair having a common suit than for a pair having a common color but no common suit. 
     
     
       9. The game as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the payout is higher for the pair having a common color than for a pair having no common color.